House speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump uttered a “textbook definition of a racist comment” about the fitness of the federal judge in the Trump University case. But the Wisconsin Republican said he remained committed to supporting Trump because the likely Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, would be less likely to pass the House GOP agenda.

Speaking at an event in Washington to unveil the House Republicans’ poverty plan, Ryan was asked about Trump’s recent statements that Gonzalo Curiel, a U.S. district judge, would not be able to be impartial in the Trump U case because of his Mexican heritage.

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